504 NOCTUIDiE. 



reiiiform moderate, defined by lirowii, the former round, the latter 

 •with fuscous spot ■with greyish centre at lower extremity ; medial 

 shiide ()hli(juo from costa to lower ani^le of cell, diffused outwardly ; 

 po.stniedial line double filled in Avith I'ulvous, bent outwards below 

 costa, then very minutely waved, slightly angled inwards at discal 

 fold and incurved below vein 4, the fuscous beyond it extending at 

 costa to the subterniinal line, which is defined by fuscous points on 

 inner side and by difi'used fuscous spots on outer especially at middle, 

 slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal 

 series of slight dark lunules : cilia with diffused fuscous spots espe- 

 cially towards apex. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner area 

 slightly tinged Avith brown ; the underside with the costal area 

 irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunula and sinuous post- 

 medial line from costa to vein 2. 



Ab. 1. ilead, thorax, and fore wing much yellower, the last 

 with the fuscous suflFusion reduced to maculate bands, the i)oints 

 before the subtcrminal line black and prominent. 



Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing ochreous whitish, the last 

 with all the markings almost obsolete except the dark annulus at 

 lower angle of cell and subterminal points ; cilia rufous ; hind wing 

 whiter. 



Hah. Bkitaix, Leech Coll. ; Fraxce, Sand and Leech Colls. ; 

 Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Acstria ; Hungary ; 



SwiTZKRLA>D ; LfALY, LcCCh Coll. ; S. ScANDINAVIA ; RusSIA, 



Livonia ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Turkestan, Ala 

 Tau, Ferghana ; Kashmir, Goorais Valley (Leech), 4 d" , 1 5 

 Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur {G. Young), 2 (5 . Exp. 30-36 millim. 



Larva. ]\r(\vr. Rrit. Lep. p. (\1; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 375, pi. '231. f. -1. 



Pinkish brown ; dorsal line paler, traversing a series of dark 

 brown V-shaped marks ; subdorsal line paler, partly edged with 

 blackish above; spiracular line pale; a posterior series of dorsal 

 points inside the dark mark on each segment. Food-plant : seeds of 

 Elm. 5-6. 



272s. Cosmia palleago. 



Koctua palleago, Hiil>n. Eur. Schinett., Noct. ff. 192, 442 (1827); Dup. 



Lep. Fr. vii. p. 4fiS, pi. 130. f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. T-ep. pal. p. 208. 

 Jandiia austauH, Oberth. Et. Enl. vi. p. 87, pi. 1. 1'. 3 (1881). 



Head and thorax ochreous yellow slightly tinged with pink ; 

 pectus white ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous yellow 

 tinged with ])ink ; subbasal line very indistinct, rufous, double, 

 slightly waved, from costa to submcdian fold : antemcdial line 

 indistinct, double, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; orbicular 

 and reniform moderate, with whitish annuli defined by rufous, the 

 former round, the latter with slight fuseous spot with whitish point 

 on it at lower extremity ; postmedial line indistinct, double, filled in 

 with whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then very minutely 

 Wiived, incurved beloAv vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, pale, 

 slightly waved, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved 



